The Highland Scot Jamboard Created With My Accountability Group

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 After having a group discussion of our Highland Middle School field trip and observations, we compared and shared our experiences. Two members in the group were in a health class while I and another was in a college and career readiness class. The two group members who were in the health class felt as if the class was engaging and more stimulating for student success. There were more High Leverage Practices being shown or implemented than in the class I attended. After learning about the HLP in our class this morning, I was able to see where the teacher I observed lacked in creating a classroom with a structured routine other than the Bell Ringer at the beginning of class. The one that stood out to me the most was the HLP Implementing norms and routines for discourse. The teacher I observed began walking around the room and helping students with their assignments when they had questions once they started. After several minutes, the teacher went to their desk and the students seemed less motivated to work, did not ask any more questions, or got out of their seats to go to the teacher. It could be that the students feel that once the teacher walks away, it is their job to work on their own implementing a norm in the classroom. 

Going back to the accountability group collaboration, it really made all of us see the difference in how teachers run their classrooms, the resources they provide, and how they interact with students. There were two different types of student-to-teacher relationships. One being in the health classes students felt comfortable answering questions and in the other, students did not or weren't confident in themselves to do so. 


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